Member Highlights

Shenila Khoja-Moolji received the 2019 Michael Harrington Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems for her book and community service work. The book traces the shifting constitution of Muslim girlhood in the context of colonial India and Pakistan. A free electronic version is available here​.

Jennifer Dubrow, Associate Professor of Urdu at the University of Washington, published "Cosmopolitan Dreams: The Making of Modern Urdu Literary Culture in Colonial South Asia." This book traces the formation of an Urdu cosmopolis in colonial South Asia.

Julie Flowerday's new journal article, "Kashmir Dispute and 19th Century British-Chinese Stalemate over Hunza—Kanjut" in the Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research addresses the notion of modern state and the unresolved pre-partition struggle between Britain and China over a political entity in the Karakoram Mountains. Check it

A. Azfar Moin's article on "The Millennial and Saintly Sovereignty of Emperor Shah Jahan According to a Court Sufi" was recently published in the book, The Empires of the Near East and India (edited by Hani Khafipour).

Dr. Iqbal Akhtar, Director of Western Indian Ocean Studies at FIU and AIPS Trustee, will be a Fulbright scholar in Pakistan for spring term of 2020. He will teach a course on comparative historiography at UMT in Lahore and continue to do research in Islamabad. His grant is focused on capacity building of Pakistani academics to write for a global audience, apply for international grants, develop US-Pakistani academic relationships, and to develop a more rigorous perspective of Pakistan's history in its humanities disciplines.

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Primary Education

Suggested books about Pakistan for children. The following links also have useful information for educators. Finally, please view the "About Pakistan" section of our web site using the menu to the left.

The Choices Program at Brown University has produced a teaching resource about the Floods in Pakistan. It's aimed for high school students in the US, but perhaps also useful elsewhere.

Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The CCBC offers tools for teaching, learning and research related to children and young adult literature. They are a great resource for books published for children and young adult readers. Their resources are available to University students and faculty as well as the K-12 teachers, librarians and child care providers in Wisconsin.

Embassy of Pakistan: The website of the Pakistan Embassy, located in Washington D.C., provides background on the history of Pakistan along with country statistics.

Harappa.com: Harappa.com is an interactive website offering the most up-to-date information on the ancient history of Pakistan. You can take virtual tours of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, monumental cities of the ancient Indus Civilization (300 BC-1500 BC). The Harappa.com store offers teaching resources including replicas of Harappan artifacts, slides, and adult books and coloring books for children.

The Library of Congress: The Federal Research Program of the Library of Congress publishes country studies and country profiles. You can download their short Pakistan Country Profile, which provides basic information on the historical, social, religious, political and economic background of Pakistan, or view the much larger Pakistan Country Study.

Pakservice.com: This sites hosts a comprehensive list of general Pakistan related links for children, including a list of Urdu websites for children.

The South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation: The SAARC is supported by the heads of state of the 7 countries that comprise South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Their goal is to foster regional collaborations, positive relationships and understanding among the member countries, which have deep historical and cultural connections. Their website offers information on the history, geography, culture, and society of the member nations.

Urdupoint.com: The site includes video games and animation for children, Urdu language jokes, humorous stories, riddles, moral stories, and true stories.